This is a custom '07 Starscream I did for a customer who just wanted a better looking figure over the actual toy look.

I gave him a 'worn style' paint job with lots of detail work and shading. I border lined all of the wings, cockpit, and nose cone. I then tinted the windshield, and glossed 'only the jet mode (as in the movie) giving the figure a real neat glare effect under lighting.

***If you watch the video, ignore my talking to the customer - it's actually an update made for him. Also, I had a tough time transforming the figure cause I didn't know how BUT you can see my level of quality quite well!

It actually is a lot more golden than it appears. The video shows that. I airbrushed a very light coat of flat black paint under the cock pit. Like I said though it 'appears' much darker in the pics than it actually is.

Thanks Bovril! I actually like this mold myself. It is an excellent figure to work with. Canceling out rubbing issues wasn't hard at all, it was basically just a bit time consuming working and finishing on the ones that did rub prior to fixing them. I think there were about 6-8 potential spots. Sanding and some cutting took care of things well.

I hear that, I wish someone would lead the way and bash this figure into a custom leader class or even just a better modded voyager class. The only thing about it is the hands ordeal (like you said better than what we've seen though), and maybe some better leg joints (maybe). Other than that is a good figure when painted. I would've like to have done the tats on this one just for fun but it didn't pan out.